WindowTextExtractor

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WindowTextExtractor allows you to get a text from any window of an operating system including microsoft office programs, console windows and etc. It can recover password stored behind asterisks (*****) from most of the windows apps.

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Cost / License

Free
Open Source (MIT)

Origin

United States

Platforms

Windows

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Properties

Lightweight

Features

OCR
Portable
Screenshot OCR

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WindowTextExtractor information

Developed by
Alexander Illarionov
Licensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
Written in
C#
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Supported Languages
- English

AlternativeTo Category

Office & Productivity

GitHub repository

399 Stars
36 Forks
5 Open Issues
Updated Oct 4, 2025

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WindowTextExtractor was added to AlternativeTo by AlexanderPro on Jan 28, 2021 and this page was last updated Oct 4, 2021.

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Top Negative Comment

★★★★★

Jun 25, 2022

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That target/bullseye approach limits your abilities for precision in many cases.

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What is WindowTextExtractor?

WindowTextExtractor allows you to get a text from any window of an operating system including explorer, microsoft office programs, console windows, etc. It can recover password stored behind asterisks (*****) from most of the windows apps.